By Monty Siekerman
Two members of the Hardin County Genealogy Society (right) chat with Jennifer Carman, of rural Alger, following a talk about cemeteries in Hardin County held at the Ada Public Library on Tuesday evening.

The speakers, Kathy Hines (center) and Doris Blum, both Society officers, said symbols on gravestones have various meanings, for example:

• Angel symbolizes guide to heaven,
• Butterfly, resurrection or early death,
• Candle, spirit of the soul,
• Corn, rebirth and fertility,
• Crown, noble life or head of the family,
• Female figure, sorrow and grief,
• Daisy, innocence of a child.